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4 Ladx,s Nisitinr CARD.

1t is in bad taste, as well as contrary to
recognized etiquette, for lady to use on her
visiting card any prefix, whether abbreviated
or otherwise, indicative of her husbands po-
litical honors, religious rank, military or
naval position or professional occupation
She does not wish To be received for his sake.
but for her own, is the argument of one
vcrsed III the etiquette of polite Society, Be
sides thar is no limit arranged for grades.
II one lady is iu he called Mrs Mayor Puff, F"
another, upon the same principle. should he
styled Mrs Detective Key, or Mrs City
Scavrnger Spade" I.adies who are nui
themselves professional never prefix "A title
to their cards Nor reed they. even when
pride is at its tierceSt, because custom per
mits a lady to leave her husbands card with
her own upon nearly all occasions, and in
many cases the Use of his card with hers is a
matter Of strict etiquette A lady may he
mentioned with the honorable prefix her lus
band bears, but She should never assume it
terself
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Enterprise.

The Wilmington Clothing House, ]. w.
Diefcndorf, manager, has developed the fact
that they can compete with houses Of larger
cities in that they obtained the contract to
make twenty five pair of pants for the Phex.
inville Military Band, notwithstanding the
fact that Philadelphia houses bid for the
same. This is due in great part to the fact
that the ability of the cutter Mr., Thos. F
Cullen was known to the members of this
Band. Call and sse his immense stock. New
suitipg just arrived for spring suits,
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SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
Manners and Customs FrHcticed 1
Polite SDristy

Manners and Customs PIHcticed In
Polite Socisty.
Mrs. john Sherwood, in giving some sea-
sonable hints 10 country and suburban folk
about summer hnSpitalites to guests from d
distance, says that an American hostess has
yet much to learn in the giving Of her invita-.
tions. She should send time card of the
train and the route to be taken, as they do III
England Imagine the confusion of an Eng
lish guest who is ivited to Tarytown or Rock
away, Mamaroneck nr I.enox and not told
how to get there! Then special invitation
as to time of arrival and departure should
be distinctly added. Also an invitation
should specify the persons who are expected;
nor should The invited glest take ANYBODY
not so specified. Children. horses and dogs
should never be added to the party. unless
specially invited, If lady wishes to take
her maid She should write to her entertainer
and ask if it will be convenient. No more
baggage should be indulged in than is neces-
safy One should think Of the size of the
house and Of the service And perfect deli
cacy should he observed in coming away at
the time designated
No suburban cottager need fear that his
guest will not be happy; he need not hesitate
because he has not the room, the luxury, the
French cook OF his wealthier neighbor. A
slayish emulation Of those whose position or
wealth is different from our own is the most
consummate vulgarity. II is the welcome
that tells.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gossip.


HSpeakin' OF birds" said old Tom Tolsail,
II don't see why people make such fuss
about English sparrows. If they was Mexican
crow canaries, now, there'd he some seise
to it,
Tom stopped, well knowing that he would
he asked for an explanation.
why, resumed Tom, when the expected
question had been asked, "crow canares are
birds found only in Mexico. They are about
the size of crow, and have yellow bodies
and black wings Forty or fifty years ago a
German ship that had about 10000 canaries
on board was wrecked off Campeachy The
canarisS, most Of EN-, got away, and took to
the woods There were only common crows
there before but now the crow canaries are
as common as lellS on Dago's Jacket They
are beautiful birds, and sing bass Tell YOU
big flock Of en-, when they SCI into Il tree
and tune up, sound like 50 many bass yiols
Mighty curious thing to hear and breaks a
man all up the first time he hears it.'
The crowd said they should think ii would
but it amt 50 scaEy "A thing, after all, as
TO hear a chorus Of crucolilps singing in the
moonlight When We was in the Amazon
whenever the ships band struck up, the
crocOdiles wuald put On full cry, and, though
the bandmaster put all his men on bass drums,
the cIorodiles would drown 'em out every
time CrocodileS are knowing, but they will
90 TO sleep on the sand when the suns hot
Then is your time to catch hold of EN-, and.
with quick motion, over with 'em. ! turned
one over, and we manacled him aud got him
on board ship | cut my name and the date
IT Topsail lS63-on his hide and when
we got him into New York sold him to
Barnumn We'll, I'll he goIdarned" said
Ben Pipeclay. the old soldier, who had
served twenty five years in the regular army.
IL saw him in Barnun's museum in 1868 with
your name on him, but | never Thought !
should know YOU. Shaker
And the alliance Of the two services was
cemented on the spot. Boston Transcript
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REOTICE. E.-KNOWING THE EFAVORIN
HW WHICH our watch clubs are held yhich

REOTICE. KNOWING THE FAVOR IN
WWHlCH our watch clubs are held which
is indicated by the large number Of our best
citizens who have secured through this me
dium valuable timepieces that will serve
them the remainder of their live, and believ
ing that the improved condition Of business
would enable others who desire to avail
themselves of this easy method to obtain a
good watch, we have decided to start another
series of our club on the first day of March,
and we extend to all an invitation to cal and
examine our stock Of watches. from which
selections can be made aud also TO enter tbeir
names in time for the first drawing which
takes Place March LIST.
S. II. BAYNARD, u.s..
Fifth and Market streets.
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Before marriage the question girl asks
her lor'r most often is: "Do you really love
ms?'' After marriage the query becomes
'ls my hat sn straight '''-[ Boston Joqrna
pf Education.
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Getting rid Of a man is a very easy process
if you are really in earnest abont it. Some
girls marry and feed their victims with bread
they have made themselves. This is a
roundabout way # getting rid of a man.
-tBnl Nye.
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STEEL ENcRAVINcS.

The Eclectic comprises each year two
large volumes of over 100 pages Each Of
these volumes contains a fine steel engraving
which adds much to the attraction of the
magazine.
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Grossly inconsistent.
PhilsdIrlph& Press

PhilsdrlphA Press
Spea king Of the New York movement to
complete the Grant monument, it beats all
creation how eager some of the able Demo.
Gratis are no psy$10 spiece to honor the mem
ory Of the man whose character they loved
to defsme while he lived.
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Aufhora,

Tie aim of the Eclectic Is to be instructive
and mol sensational, and ii comncnds itself
parttcRiariy 10 all intelligent and Moughtf1t
leadeyS toho desire instruction as reN as enter.
taiHment.
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ADvERTIsHNG RATES:

neadisE notices ten cents per nne for each nser
tion; single column thirty-hve ceHts per men ior
..ob ,n.erttsn; one single column SIX dollars and
sytv csnts for each insertion; double column fifty
cents per iRchto each insertion.
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Terms. Single copies, As cents one
copy, one year 50 five copies, $50. Trial
subscription for three months, 81. The
Eclectic and any $4 magazine, 50. Pos
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AAgANTED.-A FARM, SAY OF $50
to 200 acres fine land under good
wv cultivation with some good timber
aud runnig streams of water on line of Phil
adelpha and Baltimore Turnpike between
Wilmington and Elkton-Baidings may be
old stone or brick drellng with ample barns,
outbuldings, etc. Please address with des,
crption and price. FARMER,
WITMINGTONIAN office.
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Periodicals,


Quartely Review,
Brit. Quartely Review,
Edinburgh Review,
Westminster Review,
Contemporary Review,
Fnrtnightly Review,
The Nineteent tn Gently,
Science Miscellany,
Blackwond's Magazine
Cornhill Magazine,
Maeniilan's Magazine,
IlOngman's Magazine,
New Quart. Magazine,
Temple bar,
Belgravia.
Good Words,
London Society,
Saturday Review,
The Spectator,
The Academy,
The Atheuauln,
Nature.
Etp Etn
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Ponds Extract, for Pain, Inllamma-
tion and IIemorrhage. Try this best remedy
in the world. Ask some fliend about the
Extract. Unanimous verdict.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A whisk or small busting brush is the
best for sweeping stair carpets.
Whiting or ammonia in the water is
preferable to soap for cleaning windows
or paint.
Moisture is great enemy OF the piano,
and it cannot be too carefully guarded
against.
To remove mildew, rub common yellow
soap on the damaged article, cover with
starch and then salt the starch on that.
Rub well and put out in the sunshine.
All cooking utensils, including iron
pots, should be rinsed after washing, and
carefully wiped on the outside with q
clean, dry cloth. A soapy or greasy dish
cloth should never be used for the pur-
pose.
To save stair carpets nail several thick
nesses Of old carpet or canvas over the
edge OF each stair. 1t is good plan to
buy more carpeting than is needed to
cover the stairs, and move it each season,
80 that the whole will wear evenly. If
stair carpets cannot be changed in this
way they will not wear nearly 80 long.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
HOW TO DO THINGS IN THE
KITCHEN

It is taken for granted that as a rule
people know how to do certain things by
instinct. Some one says: "Chop some
parsley" "Grste lemon" or we give a
recipe for chicken dressing, and add
"Stuff the chicken" 1t is quite true that
most people can get the peel or part of it
off a lemon by means OF CRATER, or cut
parsley leaves smaller with a chopping-
knife. But as a matter of fact very few
people know that there is a right and q
wrong side, or good and bad way of do
ing such simple things, and that in Eu-
rope working women teach their children
these trifes, and to be- very exact about
them, long before they are old enough to
do any serions cooking.
Here, think, the matters are consider
ed too simple to be taught. have never
seen in print any directions on several of
these points, although one or two are
well treated in recent cooking books, but
perhaps 1 might not have decided to
write on the subject but for a late expert
snce, which will relate for it's moral.
I engaged cook. had never done SO
before. I prefer young woman who is
DOT a cook, but is willing to become one,
and make the best 1 can of her always,
by the way, something far better within
year than the average "cook'O, but for
certain reasons was induced to take a
cook who had good references and had
received high wages-who was 80 good
cook that she would require "no instruc-
ton whatever" or her cooking 1 will
not speak, but the fact that struck me
particularly was her utter lack of knowl-
edge of the rudiments of cookina-how
to get the things ready TO cook. A lemon,
after she had grated the peel from it, was
misshapen, covered with yellow points,
looking as il small portions had been cut
off here and there by child, and in sew
eral parts the white skin had been grated
down to the pulp. Now there were two
reasons why this should not have been.
In the first place the peel-that is, the yell
low part Of twas not all removed, so
there was waste; and in the second place
there was far more of the white pith graf
ed than OF the yellow, and the pith has no
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The Ann1e Circle.
KEEP OUT OF THE PAST.
by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Keep out of the past! For.its highways
Are damp with malarial gloom;
Its gardens are sere and its forests are drear,
And everywhere molders a tomb.
Who seeks to regain its lost pleasures
Finds only rose turned to dust,
And its storehouse of wonderful treasures
Is covered and coated with rust.
Keep out of the past 1t is haunted;
He who in its avenue gropes
Shall find there the ghost of Joy priced the
most
And skeleton throng of dead hopes.
In place of its beautiful rivers
Lie pools that are stagnant with slime,
And those graves cleaning white in the phos-
phorus light
Cover dreams that were slain in their prime.
Keep out of the pastl 1t is lonely
And barren and bleak to the view
Its fires have grown cold and it's stories old,
Turn, turn to the present, the newl
To-day leads you up to the hilltops,
That are kissed by the radiant sun:
To-day shows no tomb-all life's hopes are in
bloom
And to-day holds a prize to be won.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
TREED BY A MAD ELEPHANT.

TREED BY A MAD ELEPHANT.
The first elephant which charged me
was the most vicious beast ever had to
deal with. had wounded him severely
one moonlight night as he stood drinking
at pool with five or six others. They
all went off with a rush and supposed
my shot had failed. About ten o'clock
the next forenoon, as I was beating a
piece of forest fully four miles from the
pool, with my boy Joe carrying an extra
gun, the wounded elephant suddenly
charged us up hillside. He was not
over pistol shot away, but had been so
well hidden that we had not suspected
his presence. He had been hit in the
shoulder, and the ascent was pretty steep.
But for this he would have had ne. The
man who would attempt to run away
from an elephant on foot would be a
dead man in five minutes. They have
an amazing gait in the open, and their
pace is scarcely impeded by any obstruc-
ton in forest or jungle. Nothing smaller
than tree the size of mans body will
turn them aside. AS the beast trumpet
ed and started for us we both made for
the nearest tree. It was large one, with
branches growing we'll down, but we only
got one gun up and were not above fif-
teen feet from the ground when the ele-
plant reached the spot. He was in ter
rible rage. His first move was to break
off every branch he could reach, and we
were not safe until we were twenty five
feet above him. He was not over three
minutes stripping off the branches, and
he did not cease his trumpeting for a
second.
The tree was fifty feet high and eight
cen inches through the trunk. When the
old fellow had everything cleared away
he took hold with his trunk, got good
brace with his feet, and lifted just as q
man would. felt the tree tremble from
root to top, and have no doubt that had
the monster been free of wound he would
have pulled it over. As it was, he started
some of the roots when he ssgged back
with his full weight. He made four or
five heavy pulls before he gave up, and
then he tried another plan. He was quite
at liberty to work any way he desired, as
had cartridge jsmmed in my gun and
was working to get it clear. The old be-
hemoth retreated back about ten rods
and then came for the tree head on. We
knew what was coming and were cling
ing fast and tight, but the shock nearly
spilled us out. He tried it twice more
and then gave it up. My extra rife now
caught his eye and he picked it up,
whirled it around several times, and then
smash it went against the tree, breaking
into dozen pieces. I had got my gun
| clear by this time, and I now proceeded
to put seven ounce bullets into him, one
after the other. He screamed and trum-
peted and rushed around, determined
not to give up the fight, but at last grew
faint and dizzy and went down on his
side with crash which made the earth
tremble.-NeaU York Sun.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
HELP THE WIFE.

1t is the duty of the farmer to be mind
full OF his wife. Dutiful wives need
watching as much or more than others.
Not because they are liable to all sorts of
improprieties which characterize indiffer-
emit wives, but because they frequently
have one fault which is liable to work
their ruin, and that is tendency TO over
work. They are impulsive; much more
SO than men. Whatever their hearts lead
them to do, they do with all their might,
and without hardly knowing, many actu-
ally work themselves to death.
II the farm happens to be mortgaged.
the wife feels the burden more keenly
than the husband, and will work early
and late, and endure privations from
which the husband would shrink again
and again. II she is not cautioned, nay,
it she is not assisted about her work, she
is liable to fail and fall in the midst of
her labor, like an over-spirited horse that
has been driven beyond his powers of
endurance.
Study to ease her burdens, and above
all things, don't undervalue her work
Make the house as convenient as possible
Give her labor-saving implements, that
she may avoid all the drudgery possible.
In short, if you would prolong her useful
life, you must take care of her, for as
rule, she viii not take care of herself.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
PERSIAN MOSQUES.

The interior OF Persian mosque is al
ways the same. There is the courtyard;
it may be large, it may be small, it may
be paved with stone, brick or tile work, it
is always surrounded by wall, which
may be high or low. Invariably there is
vessel of drinking water, and hauz or
tank Tor performing the necessary ablu-
tions. The drinking water receptacle
may be crock or stone vessel resemb-
ling a font, or a similar receptacle in
metal or brass, copper, silver or even
gold. The mosque itself may be
mere mud howell; but even in these
cases, there is usually some slight at
tempt at domed roof. 1t may be of
plain brick or stone-which is, however,
very rarely employed in Persia in the
building Of mosques = or it may be
built of bricks covered inside and out
with tile work, such as cannot be imag-
ined for elegance and beauty by the I'M
travelled European. A good Persian
mosque appears like a vast edifice of blue
light blue, sometimes of deep indigo.
The taste of these decorations is unde-
niable. Inscriptions and texts, the let
tiers of which are three, four and even six
feet long, and may be read for miles are not
uncommon. But few years ago mosques
and shrines were frequently despoiled
of their choicest treasures magnificent
tiles covered with inscriptions in high re-
lief, in blue, white and gold, the letters
of which were frequently decorated with
peculiar glaze NOW lost art in Persia)
which made the inscriptions give forth
metallic luster and caused them, when
the suns rays fell upon them, to resem-
BILE masses of FURNISHED gold. If the
exterior of these mosques are magnif-
cent, still more beautiful are the inte-
riors; the walls and arches, the columns,
the floors, and the vast domes are cover
ed with exquisitely executed tile work.
st. James Gazette.
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Notes,

Many crops are to be planted in
spring, and the best thing now is to put
the ground in perfect order. This will
greatly reduce the labor next season, and
give much finer crops. Go over the in
tended ground repeatedly with cultivator
or steel rake, thus destroying the success
sive crops of starting weeds, and by top
dressing with fine manure it will be we'll
incorporated with the soil, and be worth
double the amount of manure carelessly
applied.
A farmer who has had much experience
with drains, tells the Farmers Reviep
that the land is loosen and more friable,
it plows more easily in the wheat stubble
and is not SO cloddy, as where it is not
drained. The corn has a better color
and has cared better right over the drains
than at q good distance from them.
Where the land is drained he finds that
it takes less rain in dry time to pence
trate the soil and do good. than where it
is not drained, as it does not bake so
badly, and the rain can soak down into
the soil, whereas, where it is not drained /,
the water lies on the top, and the sun
evaporates it, and it does not penetrate
to the roots unless it is very heavy and
continuous rain.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
TAKE LIFE EASIER.

The women of the country should give
more time to rest and relaxation and less
to routine homework. They should
make fewer pies and less cake and do
more sitting down in the rocking -ehair
on the porch. They would be far more
useful in their families as the years go
by. The woman who stays at home
every day but when she "goes to meet
ing" ON Sunday, who is always "doing
for the family" will soon have no idea
beyond the family circle, but none there
to its advantage. She will be worn out
physically and mentally early in life, and
her children will begin to ignore her be-
fore they are Chicago Netos.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-11-19
ST. PAUL,s CATHEDRAL.

However great the variety and the in
terest Of the many churches in, London,
they are all eclipsed by st. Paul's Cathe-
dral and prominent in the ranks of
other public buildings stands the new
Westminster Palace. The origin of st.
Pauls is traced back to the seventh cent
ury; the original one was destroyed by
the great fire in 1866. The present cath
edral was completed in ITO. Among
it's many monuments are those Of Nell
son, John Howard, DR.. johnson and
Sir Charles Napier. In the crypt are
the tombs of Nelson and Wellington.
Reynolds, Turner and other illustrious
painters, and many eminent persons are
buried here. Under the great dome is
the Whispering gallery" communicat-
ing with the stone gallery on the outside
of the dome, whence the outer golden
gallery at the apex is reached, which
affords noble view of the great metrop-
oils and vicinity. The whole ascent is by
&c steps, of which the first 260 are COM
paratlvely easy and well lighted. In the
southwest tower are the clock room and
the great bell, the diameter of which is
about ten feet. The restoration of st.
Pauls after Wren's original design has
been projected for several years past; the
fund for that purpose was raised to $780,.
600 by contributions on the occasion
of the national Thanksgiving for the re-
covery of the Prince of Wales, when a
most imposing ceremony took place
February II, 1872. The annual singing
of 5000 children in June was charac-
terized by Haydn, the composer, as the
most powerful effect he had ever expert
enced from music.
st. Paui's is the cathedral church of
the see of London. Its administration
is under the charge OF dean and chap
ter, consisting Of four resident canons,
four prebendaries and various minor
officers.
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SLEEP AND ITS COUNTERFEITs

SLEEP AND ITS COUNTERFEITS
The Frenchman, whose long trance or
sleep attracted extraordinary attention in
the latter part of March and the beginning
Of April, was commonly spoken of as "the
Soho sleeper" but when wespeak of man
sleeping" for several days or weeks con-
secutively, it is obvious that we do not
use the term in it's ordinary sense. We
all know by experience what sleep is,
and we cannot conceive ourselves as
sleeping for an indefinite time. Yet it is
difficult to draw a line between normal
and abnormal sleep; the physiological
condition merges by insensible degrees
into all kinds of pathological states,
known as lethargy, trance, stupor, coma.
Through the usual phenomena Of dream
ing we pass likewise into those of night
mare, somnambulism, hypnotism, ecstacy
and the like. Yet it is important sharply
to define typical instances OF these condi-
tions, SO as to avoid hopeless confusion
in an already obscure field of scientific
inquiry, and though we may for the sake
OF convenience occasionally use the
term sleep in the wider sense, yet the dis
tinction between the various states in
cluded under it must be kept present
to our minds.- Popular Science Month